Did you hear the one about Mitt Romney’s talking dog Seamus? Yeah, Romney asked him where he wanted to ride and he said “roof!” Ha! I just made that one up.
Their Motto: I ride inside
Anyway, a bit of background for those just tuning in: On a family vacation to Canada in 1983, Mitt put the family dog, Seamus, a beautiful, long-haired, red Irish Setter into a dog kennel, tied it to the roof of the car, and away they went. Somewhere along the way poor Seamus caught a bad case of the shits. Mitt stopped at a nearby gas station, hosed down the car, hosed down the dog, put the dog back in the kennel, put the kennel back on the roof and away they went.
The basic facts aren’t disputed, but the Romneys have used the incident as an example of his cool management style, while PETA and other animal rights activists say it proves that Romney is the most heartless man in the world and should never be president after a stunt like that.
I don’t know. I obviously think Romney shouldn’t be president, but I think this incident may be a bit overblown. A lot depends on the type of the kennel, the weather outside and so on. It does seem a bit weird but I wouldn’t put Mitt Romney up there in the Michael Vick category of animal abusers. I’ve seen how dogs, almost all dogs, like hanging their head out the window as you’re banging down the highway.
But, Santorum has picked up the issue and is running with it. There is a website and also a facebook group called Dogs Against Romney which has over 40,000 likes so far. It is absolutely not going to go away. It is a story with a dog in it.
After the Republicans actually choose a nominee, the real campaign will begin. Obama is in an enviable position. He can talk about his record and sound above the fray and all that.
Plenty of other people will write, again and again, about Mitt’s Cayman Island bank accounts, his Swiss bank accounts, his participation in the eerily creepy Mormon tradition of baptizing dead Jews, his job slashing record at Bain Capital, his multiple homes and fleet of cars, his record as governor of Massachusetts which was so damning he had to wipe the hard drives before he left office, his statement that he would kill Planned Parenthood, various odd statements about the humanity of corporations and the correct height of trees, and, of course, about Seamus the Irish Setter, stone cold shittin’ all over the Romney family car.
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